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River South (Hoe Nam) Prawn Noodles @ Tai Thong Crescent
Mar 23rd
To be honest, besides Wah Kee’s Premium Big Prawn Noodles there is hardly any prawn noodle in Singapore that managed to really excite me. Sure, the prawns they use are big and fresh but I am not impressed by their tame prawn soup that seriously lacks that special kick. You know, the kind of flavor that once you taste it you can’t stop?
After trying all the purportedly popular and recommended prawn noodles in Singapore I have come to a conclusion that River South (Hoe Nam) Prawn Noodles is the best of the bunch. Hoe Nam’s prawn noodles is also not pretentious in the sense that the prawn soup itself is good enough, which does not require any huge prawns to make up for the ‘wow’ factor to impress the eaters.
Wah Kee Big Prawn Noodles – $10 Premium Prawn Noodle
Nov 26th
Is Wah Kee‘s Big Prawn Noodle @ the ultimate Prawn Noodle? I would certainly want to think so, at least from the looks of the mega-sized tiger prawns.
The flesh the prawns are packing is thicker than two thumbs! Imagine sinking your teeth into those fleshy meats. But this kind of sensation doesn’t come cheap as each bowl containing three gigantic tiger prawns cost $10, or RM24.
Of course this isn’t the only choice of order available at Wah Kee. You can opt for the normal ones, starting from $3, $5, $8 then the ultimate one at $10. What’s the difference you ask? Well, the size of the prawns of course!
For every $2-3 extra you pay, the size of the prawns you get increases exponentially too. Since I traveled quite far just to get here, I thought ‘what the heck’ and went for the most premium one. Besides, just how often do you see Prawn Noodle served with prawns so large it is half the size of the bowl lol.
Actually the $10 Prawn Noodle comes in two parts: a bowl of noodle, and a wok of prawns. Singapore’s version of Prawn Noodle has less ingredients compared to Malaysia. What they don’t put are pork slices and fish cakes, while pork ribs depends on individual outlet.
Penang Prawn Mee @ O & S Restaurant, Taman Paramount
Nov 14th
After posting Ho Yee Kee‘s prawn mee, I have received numerous recommendations about O & S Restaurant‘s Penang Prawn Mee in Petaling Jaya. Coincidentally, while chatting with my buddies (also from Penang) not too long ago they mentioned about a very good prawn mee in PJ area too. According to them it was so good it exceeds Penang’s standards.
And yeah you guessed it, they were all talking about the same restaurant – O & S. Being unfamiliar with PJ area, I bugged them to bring me there so I could try the noodles for myself.
A normal [tag]prawn mee[/tag] cost RM4 per bowl and you can opt for extra toppings like squid, big whole shelled prawns and pork ribs. Shown here is a bowl with extra pork ribs (3 pieces) at RM7, meaning each pork rib is RM1. The ribs were soft and tasty, I felt they were well worth the extra bucks I paid.
Prawn Noodle @ Ho Yee Kee, Kepong Baru
Oct 13th
Ho Yee Kee is a restaurant in Kepong Baru serving mainly Prawn Noodle and Lum Mee. I feel it is not common to see a restaurant specializing in prawn noodles, so I just had to try it out.
And to make things even more interesting, the prawn noodles sold here is claimed to be Penang’s Pork Ribs [tag]Prawn Noodle[/tag] (we call it Hokkien Mee by the way).
To stand out among others, Ho Yee Kee lets customers add extra toppings like pork ribs, lala, prawns, shredded pork, squid and others. Each extra topping will be charged differently depending on what is chosen. Naturally, pork ribs and lala will cost the most. A big bowl of a normal prawn noodle would look like this.
